Religion without Religion: Integrating Islamic Origins into Religious Studies

This article makes a case as to why the topic of Islamic origins, long ignored in religious studies on account of its Orientalist pedigree, ought to be revisited. Rather than reverting back to Orientalism, however, it argues that a more appropriate model for understanding Islamic origins is one that...

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Auteur principal: Hughes, Aaron W. 1968- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford University Press [2017]
Dans: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Année: 2017, Volume: 85, Numéro: 4, Pages: 867-888
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Études islamiques / Science des religions
RelBib Classification:AA Sciences des religions
BJ Islam
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Résumé:This article makes a case as to why the topic of Islamic origins, long ignored in religious studies on account of its Orientalist pedigree, ought to be revisited. Rather than reverting back to Orientalism, however, it argues that a more appropriate model for understanding Islamic origins is one that is aware of the fluidity of religious and social identity in late antiquity. Rather than simply reading later Islamic sources back onto the emergence of Islam, it is important to examine late antique sources responsible for the complexity of all identity formations (not only Muslim) in sixth-century Arabia.
ISSN:1477-4585
Contient:Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfx010